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David Sullivan had a long and varied career as an artist. He studied at both the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Museum School in Boston. He came to Andover in 1969 when he opened a gallery at 91 Main Street with Howard Yezerski.
Members of the Piebald band met in high school. The one-time garage band composed of Travis Shettel(guitar, vocals), Aaron Stuart(Guitar), Andrew Bonner(bass), and (luke) Lucian Garro(drums) dominated the 1990’s indie band club scene and played to local audiences. Their first gig, a “Battle of the Bands” in 1994 is chronicled on ''Barely Legal/All Ages'', a 2 CD set. ''When Life Hands You Lemons'', recorded in 199, was considered to be their best music yet and showcased their signature sound and wry jokes. By 2002 they had moved to Los Angeles, were touring the country, and had released the CD ''We Are the Only Friends We Have'', their most popular album to date. They were praised as the next big “emo” band, though they rejected the label and preferred to say they played “melodic rock with a sense of humor.” They returned to Andover for a show with Apollo Sunshine as their opening act. They also made their first video for the song ''Just a Simple Plan'' and a second video for ''American Hearts'' which was played in Australia.  They broke the 20,000 mark in albums sold and played more than 200 shows in the US and Europe. The band split up with their last show on April 19, 2008 in Cambridge MA at the Middle East Underground, but then reunited at the Bamboozle music festivals in Anaheim, California and in East Rutherford, New Jersey in  2010.  Their final release was a live DVD/Documentary called ''Nobody’s Robots: Farewell to Piebald''.


Early in his career he was influenced by Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth.  
*Piebald.''Barely Legal:All Ages''. [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=barely%20legal%20piebald&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av=
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He chose egg tempura for his early works and  painted portraits, not totally representational, but as he saw them.
*''Piebald(Band)'' ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia''. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 8 November 2011 (includes portrait and 2007 interview)


Quite a methodical painter, he sometimes drew from slides of photographs projected onto a black box.  He then created a grid to transfer the picture to canvas or paper, sometimes reworking sections of the larger picture with pencil or ink.
*Andover's Piebald Revels in Rock Music Success. ''Eagle'' ''Tribune'',7/4/2002,pages 15,16.


By 1995 he had moved from portraits to abstracts, or specific abstracts, as he called them. Forever experimenting, he stacked layers of pencil drawings drawn on translucent paper to create a 3D effect.
*A Tiumphant Return. ''Andover Townsman'',12/19/2002, p.19.


In the late 90's he studied Cezanne's works and created paintings designed to emphasize Cezanne's use of line and color. He actually redrew Cezanne's painting with his own interpretation. He donated [[Memorial Hall Library - Original Art|"After Cezanne: Still Live with Flowered Pitcher]], to Memorial Hall Library where it is hung on the stairway to the second floor.
*Piebald Doesn't Disappoint its Energetic Faithful at Old Town Hall Performance. ''Andover Townsman'', 12/26/2002,page 15.
Memorial Hall Library - Original Art


See
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*"Rising Young American Artist", ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', February 17, 1969, page 6.
*"Painting is an Image of the Painter's Soul," ''Eagle Tribune'', February 24, 1985, page B3.
*"Portrait of Artist Who Does No Portraits", ''Eagle Tribune'', April 2, 1995, page c3.
*"Collaborating with Cezanne", ''Eagle Tribune'', May 14, 1998.
*"Learning from a Master", ''Eagle Tribune'', May 23, 1998, page 19
*[http://www.mhl.org/about/visit/art/ Original Art at Memorial Hall Library]
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Members of the Piebald band met in high school. The one-time garage band composed of Travis Shettel(guitar, vocals), Aaron Stuart(Guitar), Andrew Bonner(bass), and (luke) Lucian Garro(drums) dominated the 1990’s indie band club scene and played to local audiences. Their first gig, a “Battle of the Bands” in 1994 is chronicled on Barely Legal/All Ages, a 2 CD set. When Life Hands You Lemons, recorded in 199, was considered to be their best music yet and showcased their signature sound and wry jokes. By 2002 they had moved to Los Angeles, were touring the country, and had released the CD We Are the Only Friends We Have, their most popular album to date. They were praised as the next big “emo” band, though they rejected the label and preferred to say they played “melodic rock with a sense of humor.” They returned to Andover for a show with Apollo Sunshine as their opening act. They also made their first video for the song Just a Simple Plan and a second video for American Hearts which was played in Australia. They broke the 20,000 mark in albums sold and played more than 200 shows in the US and Europe. The band split up with their last show on April 19, 2008 in Cambridge MA at the Middle East Underground, but then reunited at the Bamboozle music festivals in Anaheim, California and in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 2010. Their final release was a live DVD/Documentary called Nobody’s Robots: Farewell to Piebald.


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  • Piebald(Band) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 8 November 2011 (includes portrait and 2007 interview)
  • Andover's Piebald Revels in Rock Music Success. Eagle Tribune,7/4/2002,pages 15,16.
  • A Tiumphant Return. Andover Townsman,12/19/2002, p.19.
  • Piebald Doesn't Disappoint its Energetic Faithful at Old Town Hall Performance. Andover Townsman, 12/26/2002,page 15.

--Leslie 13:51, November 9, 2011 (EST)

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